Dinners, desserts, parties, meetings, errands … the season is full of hustle and bustle. Staying true to a healthy eating plan will be a huge challenge for most, so here are some tried and true methods to keep the holiday weight gain at bay.

1.) There are to fast in preparation for a big meal or holiday party

Fasting in the preparation of a free meal, not only lead to overeating, but worse: eating foods that are extremely high in sugar, fat, or both! Your body is a survival mechanism. If not has had lunch at a time, I predict a shortage of food and their metabolism starts to decrease. This means that the next time you eat your body will use as much food as possible for incoming energy stored body fat for survival () in anticipation that it will not see again feeding a long period of time. (Little has his body knows that plans to attend another holiday dinner party the following night as well). So you and your body a favor to eat every two to four hours, as would normally be to prevent and avoid becoming a voracious machine, which stores fat, this holiday season!

2.) Do not stuff yourself in a food coma

Eating to the point of satisfaction, not the annoyances. Remember this: the binge is not the habit of lean individuals. It is imperative to understand that holiday meals are not a ticket to eat everything I can in the shortest time possible. But listening your body and be sure to enjoy the foods to eat in moderation and eating only when hungry.

3.) Eat a high fiber, high protein meals (with water) one hour before a holiday event

A meal rich in fiber and protein before celebrating in the family dinner table will help prevent overeating, making you feel more full, which in turn means fewer empty calories you eat during the party later. My favorite strategy is to take a protein shake with added fiber and healthy fats (eg, 2-4 tablespoons. Flaxseed) and 1 liter of water before dinner that type. This will do wonders to make me feel comfortable (not starving) to get to the party. Think of this as preventing an "intermediate zone of disaster."

4.) Junk Food never eat for breakfast or before bedtime

Eating highly refined carbohydrate meal thing in the morning will make your levels of blood sugar go crazy for the rest of the day, resulting in more junk food cravings and uncontrollable hunger. In the On the other hand, eating a big meal before bed will result in a lot of unused energy is stored as body fat and very well may have trouble sleep with all that extra volume of food in your stomach! I guess all those empty calories are stored? You guessed … have to loosen your belt a little, if you keep that bad habit.

5.) Avoid foods that are high in fat and carbohydrates

The absolute worst thing you can do is eat a meal rich in fat and carbohydrates. The high amount of carbohydrates will lead to a rapid increase in levels of blood sugar and increases therefore large powerful fat storage hormone insulin. The amount of fat grams will result in a dramatic surge in free fatty acids in the bloodstream blood. Since insulin is already present in large quantities (average people), plus the existence of a large amount of free fatty acids available now in his blood, the stage is set for all free fatty acids to be swallowed and stored by fat cells. This is the equivalent of becoming the zeppelin Goodyear to come, so it is imperative to be careful in their holiday meals, when it comes to the combination of fat (especially saturated and trans fats) and carbohydrates (starches and sugars, especially refined). In general it is best to choose one over the other. But like most people crave carbohydrates food like this, is essential to maintain the low content of fat in this meal. Want pasta? Instead of alfredo sauce, opt for the marinara sauce, pasta with whole grain. Want pizza? Order thin crust whole grain crust and low-fat cheese. You can also create your own to ensure the nutritional value. Do you want mashed potatoes? Pass the salsa and easy going in butter. These small changes, literally, you can save hundreds, even thousands of calories, and more importantly will prevent your holiday festivities creating optimal fat storage environment that will set you back from achieving your goals of health and fitness in the next year.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

About the Author:

Curtis Hoekstra, CFT is the founder of the wildly popular Arizona Fitness Boot Camp. The program provides rapid fat loss and strength gain in less time for a third of the cost of one-on-one personal training. For a NO RISK TRIAL to the Phoenix or Scottsdale boot camp locations, please visit http://www.ArizonaFitnessBootCamp.com

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